.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

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praviśya tu mahāraṇyaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamātmavān .
dadarśa rāmo durdharṣastāpasāśramamaṇḍalam .. 1..

kuśacīraparikṣiptaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samāvṛtam .
yathā pradīptaṃ durdharśaṃ gagane sūryamaṇḍalam .. 2..

śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ susamṛṣṭājiraṃ sadā .
pūjitaṃ copanṛttaṃ ca nityamapsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ .. 3..

viśālairagniśaraṇaiḥ srugbhāṇḍairajinaiḥ kuśaiḥ .
samidbhistoyakalaśaiḥ phalamūlaiśca śobhitam .. 4..

āraṇyaiśca mahāvṛkṣaiḥ puṇyaiḥ svāduphalairvṛtam .
balihomārcitaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam .. 5..

puṣpairvanyaiḥ parikṣiptaṃ padminyā ca sapadmayā .
phalamūlāśanairdāntaiścīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraiḥ .. 6..

sūryavaiśvānarābhaiśca purāṇairmunibhirvṛtam .
puṇyaiśa niyatāhāraiḥ śobhitaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ .. 7..

tadbrahmabhavanaprakhyaṃ brahmaghoṣanināditam .
brahmavidbhirmahābhāgairbrāhmaṇairupaśobhitam .. 8..

taddṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ śrīmāṃstāpasāśramamaṇḍalam .
abhyagacchanmahātejā vijyaṃ kṛtvā mahaddhanuḥ .. 9..

divyajñānopapannāste rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ .
abhyagacchaṃstadā prītā vaidehīṃ ca yaśasvinīm .. 10..

te taṃ somamivodyantaṃ dṛṣṭvā vai dharmacāriṇaḥ .
maṅgalāni prayuñjānāḥ pratyagṛhṇandṛḍhavratāḥ .. 11..

rūpasaṃhananaṃ lakṣmīṃ saukumāryaṃ suveṣatām .
dadṛśurvismitākārā rāmasya vanavāsinaḥ .. 12..

vaidehīṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmaṃ netrairanimiṣairiva .
āścaryabhūtāndadṛśuḥ sarve te vanacāriṇaḥ .. 13..

atrainaṃ hi mahābhāgāḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ .
atithiṃ parṇaśālāyāṃ rāghavaṃ saṃnyaveśayan .. 14..

tato rāmasya satkṛtya vidhinā pāvakopamāḥ .
ājahruste mahābhāgāḥ salilaṃ dharmacāriṇaḥ .. 15..

mūlaṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ vanyamāśramaṃ ca mahātmanaḥ .
nivedayītvā dharmajñāstataḥ prāñjalayo.abruvan .. 16..

dharmapālo janasyāsya śaraṇyaśca mahāyaśāḥ .
pūjanīyaśca mānyaśca rājā daṇḍadharo guruḥ .. 17..

indrasyaiva caturbhāgaḥ prajā rakṣati rāghava .
rājā tasmādvanānbhogānbhuṅkte lokanamaskṛtaḥ .. 18..

te vayaṃ bhavatā rakṣyā bhavadviṣayavāsinaḥ .
nagarastho vanastho vā tvaṃ no rājā janeśvaraḥ .. 19..

nyastadaṇḍā vayaṃ rājañjitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ .
rakṣitavyāstvayā śaśvadgarbhabhūtāstapodhanāḥ .. 20..

evamuktvā phalairmūlaiḥ puṣpairvanyaiśca rāghavam .
anyaiśca vividhāhāraiḥ salakṣmaṇamapūjayan .. 21..

tathānye tāpasāḥ siddhā rāmaṃ vaiśvānaropamāḥ .
nyāyavṛttā yathānyāyaṃ tarpayāmāsurīśvaram .. 22..




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